Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday said 65 per cent of data centre capacity of India was in the state and pitched for new start-ups and digita🙈l technology firms in tier-2 and tier 3 cities.
Speaking at the inauguration of Tech Mahindra digital delivery system campus in MIHAN Nagpur, he hailed Aadhaar, GST and digital payment gateway UPI and under✅lined the speed with which the country was embracing technology.
For India to becඣome a USD 5 trillion economy, Maharashtra must have a USD 1 trillion economy, he added.
Asserting that data is the new oil, he said, "Maharashtra has created such a ecosystem that 65 percent of the data centre capacity of India is in this state. Maharashtra is also the start-up capital as 15,000 of the 80,000 start-ups in India are registered in this 𓄧state. Moreover, 25 out of 100 unicorns are in Maharashtra."
He said the start-up ecosystem should go beyond Mumbai, Pune and MMR region and must come to cities like𒁏 Nagpur, Nasik and Kolhapur.
Hailing the Tech Mahindra Centre of Excellence here, h🥃e said such facilities will enable people to create new start up and digital technology ecosystems in tier 2 and tier 3 cities.
Speaking on the occasion, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari stꦫressed on the need for the expansion𝔉 of MIHAN, which would make Nagpur the logistics capital of India.
-With PTI Input
